My milk never came in with DS anything I can do this time round

[Thelittlesoldiersmummy]

I feel like I really missed out last time my DS was induced at week 38 and my milk never came in even after trying to express for two weeks! Is there anything I can do to help it along this time as I really want to bf DC2?

Also could being induced early have made a difference my DS really didnt want to come so had a very druggy long labour!

I think you need the baby to suck, not a pump for starters. I had trouble getting my body to produce milk. You can buy motillium, but it isn't cheap. I did this fro about 4 months, then gave up and went to the bottle. He was always partly bottle fed due to lack of supply.

After a few days i bottle fed my ds as he was crying all the time due to no milk I just hope its better this time around

tlsm you need to speak to a nice breastfeeding counsellor, who will be able to help you work out what went wrong and make suggestions for what to do this time. (and yes i believe you are right, early induction messes with milk production hormones)

do you need numbers? they are on hunker's profile but i don't know what her current name is.

i was thinking about joining the NCt as they have counsellors

What about getting a doula / maternity nurse to come in and help you for say the first week or two. Probably more suited to a doule / breast feeding counselor.

You might want to start another thread ans ask for mears or Pupuce or Marsy. They could probably advise much better than I could.

you don't have to join anything, volunteers give free phone advice. bf network woman was fantastic and helped me no end.

breastfeeding network 0870 900 8787 (National Helpline)

La Leche League
(Breastfeeding support and information)
Helpline: 0845 120 2918
www.laleche.org.uk

sorry, got to go, link to more

Thanks so much for your help I will look into it when the time comes x

i think you should trust in your body. you were made so that you could provide milk for a baby. I had emergencya dn elective c sections with my babies. my milk took ages (4 days) to come in with both. during thoses days my babies were almost constantly sucking at me - and if tehy weren't they were crying! im glad i had a good friend who urged me not to give up. It was worth it ad i sucessfully fed them both for 6 mths

Also there are definately some homeopathic remedies to help if that is your kind of thing at all, you can phone Helios and speak to a homeopathb for free and they will send you the remedies 1st class.
Helios 01892 537254